Hansi Müller
Hans -Peter " Hansi" Müller ( born July 27, 1957 in Stuttgart ) is a former German football player and current football official. As a player, he was active for VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Como Calcio and FC Swarovski Tirol. For Germany, he came up with 42 caps and 5 goals and won the European Championship in 1980. Between 1999 and 2001 he was a board member of VfB Stuttgart, since July 2007, where he has been an honorary member since 2011 and board member.
Playing career
Hans Müller attended the Eschbach -Gymnasium in Stuttgart district of Freiberg. He began his career at SV Rot in Stuttgart. For VfB Stuttgart he played from 1975 to 1982 in the Bundesliga, 1982-1984 Inter Milan, 1984/1985 for Calcio Como and from 1985 until his retirement in late 1990 for FC Wacker Innsbruck and FC Swarovski Tirol.
In the German national team, he played from 1978 to 1983 in 42 games (5 goals), was a member of the German team at the World Cup in 1978, 1980 European Football Championship and 1982 Vice World Champion.
The highlight of his time in Innsbruck was next to two league titles and one Cup victory to reach the UEFA Cup semi-final 1986/87 (he did this achievement on a par with the European title in 1980 ).
For his 50th birthday on 27 July 2007, he organized the rematch of the World Cup final of 1982 between the national teams of Italy and Germany ( match output then 3:1), which was held in Stuttgart before over 40,000 spectators at the Gottlieb -Daimler -Stadion. In addition to many participants of the then finals, as Karl -Heinz Rummenigge, Horst Hrubesch, the Ranger brothers, Claudio Gentile and Paolo Rossi, was also attended by the guest stars Michael Schumacher and Eros Ramazzotti. Result: 4:4.
After his playing career, he began lectures on What business can learn from football to keep and founded a company that is engaged in the marketing of official football Fanlabels.
Offices as a football official
In September 1999, Hansi Müller was at VfB Stuttgart as Director of Marketing and Public Relations Member of the Executive Board. It was built by the VfB Chairman Heinz Bandke as a counterweight to the club president Gerhard Mayer- platforms and the Executive Board member Ulrich Schäfer. Together with his colleagues on the board Karl -Heinz Förster and the Supervisory Board, Müller was against the retiring from office Mayer- platforms, the build instead of a young team financially even further to go into the risk prevail in the summer of 2000. After the VfB sporting director Karl -Heinz Förster had resigned in January 2001 due to jurisdictional disputes came Müller who was accused of wanting to inherit Förster, even under pressure and came back a week later also.
Müller was an ambassador for the Football World Cup in 2006 for the World Cup city of Stuttgart and ambassador for the host city Innsbruck for the European Football Championship 2008.
On July 17, 2011 Hansi Müller was elected at the general meeting of the VfB Stuttgart in the Supervisory Board of the Association.
Successes as a player
- Vice World Champion: 1982
- European Championship: 1980
- UEFA Cup semi-finalist: 1987
- Austrian Champion: 1989, 1990
- Austrian Cup winner: 1989
- Best young player in Europe: 1980